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Subject: Re: Tough solution

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 15:07:45 01/14/98

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On January 14, 1998 at 16:53:06, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>I've red a book chess problem, and find the following position :
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "??.??.????"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "W"]
>[Black "B"]
>[Result "*"]
>[WhiteElo "?"]
>[BlackElo "?"]
>[FEN "8/7p/6pP/k4pP1/b1p1pP2/KpPpP3/1P1P4/7Q w - - 0 1"]
>
>
>and the book say :
>
>If it's white to moves, black are in zugzwang because after :
>1.Qd1 B moves 2.Qxc3 cxb3 3.Kxd3 , the 2 passed pawn win for white !!!
>I don't understand everything in the position (and I don't blame who
>don't understand like me ;)  ).
>
>I look for someone who can analyse this position with a strong chess
>program...
>

Well, don't know about the "strong", but here's my program's analysis.

K2 1/13/98 0.19
Type ? for help.
Transposition table:  Entries=100K Size=6400K
Pawn transposition table:  Entries=31K Size=2000K
? set time 60
? test solve ../tests/testone.ci
60 seconds per problem.
lejeune
Qd1

white
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . p
. . . . . . p P
k . . . . p P .
b . p . p P . .
K p P p P . . .
. P . P . . . .
. . . . . . . Q

Phase = Middlegame, Target search time = 60 sec, Root score = 442
 1+    0.0    697         3      Qh4
 1.    0.0    603        17      Qh4
 2-    0.1    431        56      Qh4
 2&    0.1    426        64      Qh4 Kb5
 2&    0.1    427        78      Qc1 Kb5
 2.    0.1    431        86      Qd1 Kb5
 3+    0.1    697       161      Qd1
 3.    0.1    603       202      Qd1 Kb5 Qa1
 4-    0.1    446       266      Qd1
 4.    0.1    446       311      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5
 5+    0.1    697       531      Qd1
 5.    0.1    603       706      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qa1 Kb5
 6-    0.1    431       915      Qd1
 6&    0.1    430      1160      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5
 6.    0.1    430      1414      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
Qa1
 7&    0.2    430      1699      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
Qa1
 7.    0.2    430      1942      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
Qa1
 8&    0.2    434      2571      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
 8.    0.2    434      2884      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
 9&    0.2    434      3271      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
 9.    0.2    434      3688      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
10&    0.3    430      4817      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
Qa1
10.    0.4    430     11420      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
Qa1
11+    0.9    507     27335      Qd1
11.    1.0    503     30122      Qd1 Kb5 Qf1 Ka5 Qh1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qh1
12-    2.2    427     70920      Qd1
12&    2.3    425     72688      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba6 Qf1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qa1 Kb5
Qb1
                                 Ka5 Qa1
12.    2.3    425     72756      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba6 Qf1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qa1 Kb5
Qb1
                                 Ka5 Qa1
13&    2.8    430     92382      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Ba4 Qf1 Bb5 Qe1 Be8
Qa1
                                 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5 Qa1
13.    2.9    430     98266      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Ba4 Qf1 Bb5 Qe1 Be8
Qa1
                                 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5 Qa1
14&    3.4    430    116144      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
Qe1
                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5
14.    6.6    430    214074      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
Qe1
                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5
15&    8.2    430    277129      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
Qe1
                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8 Qa1
15.   19.7    430    710557      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
Qe1
                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8 Qa1
16&   23.8    430    855943      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1 Be8 Qf1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8
Qb1
                                 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1
16.   41.3    430   1430961      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1 Be8 Qf1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8
Qb1
                                 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1 Bb5 Qa1
17&   49.1    430   1722280      Qd1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4 Qb1 Bb5 Qe1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4
Qb1
                                 Bb5
17.   54.6    430   1930188      Qd1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4 Qb1 Bb5 Qe1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4
Qb1
                                 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qb1 Bb5
18.   60.0    430   2144013      Qd1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4 Qb1 Bb5 Qe1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4
Qb1
                                 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qb1 Bb5

My move is : Qd1
Time = 60.0 Rate=35730 Nodes=[1536201/607812/2144013]
Eval=431520 RptCnt=11112 NullCut=100569
Extensions: Check=151557 Recapture=15205 Pawn=135 OneMove=0
            Threat=0 DeepSearch=0 Mate=0
Material=[1600/1000] Worst=[-1080/97]
Hash: Success=26% Collision=66%
Hash Counts: ReadHits=446157, ReadProbes=1658921, WriteColl=326019,
WriteTries=493572
Pawn Hash: Success=98% Collision=12%
Pawn Counts: ReadHits=853541, ReadProbes=862338, WriteColl=1095,
WriteTries=8797

black
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . p
. . . . . . p P
k . . . . p P .
b . p . p P . .
K p P p P . . .
. P . P . . . .
. . . Q . . . .

+++  Qd1 Qd1

Correct so far: 1 Total problems: 1 Percent: 100%

********* Grand totals **********
Time = 60.0 Rate=35730 Nodes=[1536201/607812/2144013]
EvalCnt=431520 RptCnt=11112 NullCut=100569
Extensions: Check=151557 Recapture=15205 Pawn=135 OneMove=0
            Threat=0 DeepSearch=0 Mate=0
Hash: Success=26% Collision=66%
Pawn Hash: Success=98% Collision=12%




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